85R26389 JRR-F By: Collier H.B. No. 3428 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3428: By: Coleman C.S.H.B. No. 3428 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to minimum standards regarding the continuity of prescription medications for the care and treatment of county jail prisoners. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 511.009, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: (d) The commission shall adopt reasonable rules and procedures establishing minimum standards regarding the continuity of prescription medications for the care and treatment of prisoners. The rules and procedures shall require that a prisoner who is determined to be lawfully taking a prescription medication when the prisoner enters the county jail be maintained on that same prescription medication or an equivalent generic drug until a qualified health care professional directs otherwise on individualized consideration. SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2018, the Commission on Jail Standards shall adopt the rules and procedures required by Section 511.009(d), Government Code, as added by this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.